New Delhi: The Indian team will open its campaign in the ODI World Cup against Australia on October 8 in Chennai, followed by a match against Pakistan a week later in Ahmedabad. This information was given in the draft program of BCCI. ESPN Cricinfo wrote on Monday, ‘The BCCI has sent the draft of the program to the ICC, which has sent it to the participating countries for feedback. The final schedule will be announced next week. The Asia Cup controversy is also believed to have been resolved with this. As per the initial draft, the tournament will begin on October 5 with defending champions England taking on eventual runners-up New Zealand in Ahmedabad. The final will also be played on November 19 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The semi-finals will be held on November 15 and 16, whose venue is yet to be decided. Hosts India will play their league matches in 9 cities including Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
The match with Pakistan will be on October 15. Whereas Pakistan’s league matches will be held in 5 cities. According to the report, ‘Pakistan will play two teams from the qualifiers round on October 6 and 12 in Hyderabad. This was followed by Australia in Bengaluru (20 October), Afghanistan in Chennai (23 October), South Africa (27 October), Bangladesh in Kolkata (31 October), New Zealand in Bengaluru (5 November) and England in Kolkata (12 November). ) will play.Australia and New Zealand will play in Dharamsala on October 29 and England on November 4 in Ahmedabad. Ten teams are participating in the tournament, out of which eight are fixed and two will come from the qualifiers. The tournament is just a few months away and the schedule is yet to be announced, whereas in the last two World Cups the schedule was decided a year in advance.
India’s tentative schedule:
- vs Australia, 8 October, Chennai
- vs Afghanistan, 11 October, Delhi
- vs Pakistan, 15 October, Ahmedabad
- vs Bangladesh, 19 October, Pune
- vs New Zealand, 22 October, Dharamsala
- vs England, 29 October, Lucknow
- vs Qualifier, 2 November, Mumbai
- vs South Africa, 5 November, Kolkata
- vs Qualifier, 11 November, Bengaluru
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